Jackie Collins, sort-of self-publisher

Collins's move to republish The Bitch alone is not perhaps as bold as it sounds

Jackie Collins experiments with self-publishing The Bitch

Queen of the bonkbuster will e-publish revised edition under her own steam in the US

Ebook revenue growth helps push Pearson to pre-tax profit of £1bn for 2011. By Mark Sweney

Some 4,000 ebook editions from Independent Publishers Group pulled from sale in dispute over new retail terms

Publishers try on variations of the ebook format, from free samples to 'pamphlets' and mini-ebook instalments

Rich Burlew becomes crowdfunding site Kickstarter's most successful creative project

Studio seeks to forbid book, authorised by Mario Puzo's estate, because it will 'tarnish' legacy of books whose copyright is held by film company

Author Dick Bruna, 84, cautious about 'too much interactivity' with his multi-million selling children's books

Independent booksellers join Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million and Canadian chain Indigo in refusing to stock retail giant's own books

Kerry Wilkinson's Jessica Daniel detective novels sell more than 250,000 copies on Kindle

Multimillion-selling author links with Pirate Bay, saying 'the more people "pirate" a book, the better'

Freedom author tells festival audience that the 'impermanence' of ebooks is incompatible with enduring principles

Ewan Morrison tracks the self-epublishing euphoria of the last five months and argues that we're heading for a painful comedown

There is much talk of bright tomorrows for publishing at New York's Digital Book World expo, but how optimistic are readers?

Kicking off her monthly review of the most exciting new digital reads, Benedicte Page discovers a motley mix